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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Charles C. Mann
Vintage, 2006
engaging, thought provoking, stimulating, a great read!
My wife and I co-read this book and spent hours discussing it. An astonishing array of possibilities in the evolving picture of the pre-columbian Americas. Very readable for the non-technician. Fascinating.
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A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides (R))
James A. Duke, Steven Foster
Houghton Mifflin, 1999
MUST HAVE in yoru library
This is another book I am constantly referencing. It is small enough to pack in your backpack or coat pocket if you want to identify plants in the wild.
Steven Foster also provides clear photographs to make it far easier to determine the plants.
The descriptions ...
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Nathaniel Philbrick
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
A Good Read
This book holds your attention completely. What the Pilgrims and Indians endured captures the imagination.
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The Irish Americans: A History
Jay P. Dolan
Bloomsbury Press, 2008
An American Epic
Despite my Welsh surname the roots of my family tree run mostly to Ireland and for that reason I obviously found this book to be a fascinating read. As I read through this book though it became clear to me that any student of American history would find this to be a ...
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1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.)
Gavin Menzies
Harper Perennial, 2008
Excellent history
A must read and a corrective of the present history of the discovery of America by Columbus. The cruelness of the emperor and his vision of a great "market" and "friends" across the seas are truly fascinating and understandable, yet frightening. The "proofs" and ...
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Made in the U.S.A.
Billie Letts
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
A compelling audio listen any audio library will relish
Cassandra Morris's voice can be heard on radio and TV commercials alike and she's received awards for her work: it deftly and successfully spices MADE IN THE U.S.A., the story of a woman who has avoided attachments to people, places and everything in life during her ...
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A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guides (R))
Houghton Mifflin, 1999
excellent seller and product
Item as described and received in a timely manner... an excellent buying experience!
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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
Tony Horwitz
Henry Holt and Co., 2008
journey long and strange
great research and well written. Our children should be doing this history reviews, if not through this book then through other text books. It is time to change our view of North American History.
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1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
Gavin Menzies
William Morrow, 2008
Gavin Menzies provides over-due revisionist research on Chinese influence in Europe
'1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance' is the much-awaited sequel to the international best seller '1421: The Year China discovered the World' by Gavin Menzies. Mr. Menzies presents evidence that boldly supports his ...
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The Great Depression: America 1929-1941
Robert S. Mcelvaine
Three Rivers Press, 1993
New Deal as Seen from the Reagan Era
This book was written in 1983, in the early years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. It's very interesting to see how angry the Reagan fans are at reading it. Biased! they cry, and so it is... forthrightly biased against Reagan, but intelligently skeptical toward the ...
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Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
Buddy Levy
Bantam, 2008
Fantastic journey
The author takes you on this fantastic journey with Cortes and I must say that I am delighted with they way he describes one of the greatest efforts of all explorers to ever be undertaken. Enjoy!
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The Light and the Glory for Children : Discovering God's Plan for America from Christopher Columbus to George ...
Peter Marshall, David Manuel, ...
Revell, 1992
Children will gain insight about America's Christian roots.
Like the adult book of the same title, The Light and the Glory for Children examines evidence for America's Christian roots. The authors reveal a past that is not at all smooth. The challenges of settling this land and building a new nation are shown in their harsh ...
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Tales of the Road: Highway 61
Cathy Wurzer
Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2008
Highway 61 traces approximately 440 miles through Minnesota, from Pigeon Falls at the Canadian border south to La Crescent. Along the way, the road hugs the North Shore, zips through St. Paul, and navigates bluffs along the Mississippi River. While places such as Split Rock Lighthouse or Sugar Loaf Mountain offer well-documented stopping-off ...
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Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life
Annette Lareau
University of California Press, 2003
Unequal Childhoods Well Written and Well Researched
Everyone knows that socioeconomic status is related to academic success, but not many books have examined the lives of kids outside of school in detail to reveal how differences in social class are related to differences in use of language, organizing time, dealing ...
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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
Eric Jay Dolin
W. W. Norton, 2008
A Fascinating and Balanced Investigation of American Whaling
Eric Jay Dolin's history of whaling in America is a great read. He goes to great pains to judge whaling on its own terms, chronicling the rise and decline of whaling from multiple points of view: looking at the impact of improving whale-hunting technologies; ...
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